I dedicate this entry to my best friend Jodi and in loving memory of her father, William Fourt. Yes, I have been going through my own private hell for the past year and I know you have had plenty on your plate but for all the years we’ve been part of each others lives I’m…

Let me tell you a little about what this is like for me. First of all when something bad happens you find out who your friends are because they’re immediately at your side no matter how awful it is and my situation tested that to the fullest. It tested my best friend Paula probably the…

All is not necessarily quiet on New Years Day. And sometimes everything changes on New Years Day… OK enough referencing U2’s song but can’t help listen to it at least once. New year’s eve started with me going to get my allergy shots. I’m getting closer to having them once a month. We’re skipping next…

For those consistent followers you should know that 2018 was a brutal year for me. When 2018 begun there was the scare with what was going to happen at Mayo Clinic with Paula and the gamma knife. I had looked up what they were going to do for her procedure and knew about the halo…

On Christmas Eve I had an intimate evening with my Mom and her fiance Jim at their house. We talked, listened to music and ate and laughed. It was intimate and perfect for what I needed. It was a lovely evening and Mom got one of her pictures printed on canvas for me and it’s…

As the day came to be I knew it would be difficult to see him go and it was and is. But I told him it is not goodbye and that I would not say it and so we did not. The time that we spent together was the best gift I was given. I…